Lest We Forget |
LIVERPOOL STREET
STATION
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SABBERTON | Abiah | General
Labourer, Lowestoft Harbour Works - Private 17193, 1st Battalion,
Suffolk Regiment. Died of wounds 25 April 1915. Aged 33. Born Lowestoft.
Husband of M. H. Sabberton, of 61, Trafalgar St., Lowestoft. Joined
Great Eastern Railway circa 1902. Enlisted Lowestoft. Buried in
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row
A. Grave 23. See also Lowestoft,
Lowestoft St. John's, Lowestoft
St. Margaret's and Lowestoft
St. Andrew's. |
SADLER | Harry Robert | Engine
Cleaner, Parkeston - Private 48963, "A" Company, 11th
Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in
action 6 December 1917. Aged 22. Born 26 December 1894 in Ipswich.
Resident Parkeston. Son of Harry and Maria Sadler, of 10A, Hamilton
St., Parkeston, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway June 1909. Enlisted
May 1916 in Ipswich. Formerly 2522, 27th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Buried in POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot VIII. Row E. Grave 11. |
SALMON | Albert [Edward] | Under
Shunter, Temple Mills - Acting Bombardier 316102, 1st East Anglian
(Essex) Heavy Battery [RGA - (TF)], Royal Garrison Artillery. Died
of wounds 28 June 1917. Aged 25. Born West Ham.Son of John and Amelia
Salmon, of 8, Auckland Rd., Leyton, London. Joined Great Eastern
Railway March 1906. Territorial. Enlisted 1914 in Stratford. Buried
in MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row
E. Grave 12. |
SALMONS | George | Porter,
St Margaret's - Private 203494, 7th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 16 August 1917. Aged 19. Born and resident Ware,
Hertfordshire. Son of John Salmons, of 135, Musley Hill, Ware, Hertfordshire.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 1915. Enlisted February 1917. in Hertford.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 48 to 50 and 162A. |
SALTER, MC | William | Surveyor,
Land Agent's Department - Captain, 17th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's
Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 9 August 1916. Aged 32.
Younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Salter, of Cromer. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 1900. Enlisted 1914. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.).
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. See also Cromer |
SANDERSON | Francis William | Assistant
Chemist, Stratford, Chemical Laboratory - Lieutenant, Special Brigade,
Royal Engineers. Killed in action 2 September 1916. Aged 23. Son
of William Frederick and Annie Margaret Grace Sanderson, of 5, Park
Rd., Wembley, Middlesex. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1914.
Formerly London Regiment (Artists' Rifles). Buried in HEILLY STATION
CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave
19. |
SAPEY | William | Carriage
Cleaner, Peterborough - Private 43686, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Died 27 May 1918. Aged 28. Born Maldon, Essex. Son of
Mrs. A. F. Turner (formerly Sapey), of 292, Oundle Rd., Peterborough,
and the late Mr. Sapey. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1914.
Enlisted January 1917 in Peterborough, Northants. No known grave.
Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France. |
SAPSFORD | [Henry] John | Assistant
Porter, Bishop's Stortford - Private 2778, Hertfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 4 September 1916. Aged 22. Born and resident Bishops
Stortford, Hertfordshire. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sapsford, of 36, Friendly
Terrace, Dun Rd., Bishop's Stortford, Herts. Joined Great Eastern
Railway December 1912. Enlisted September 1914 in Hertford. Buried
in KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART, Somme, France. Row
D. Grave 7. See also Bishops
Stotford |
SARGENT | Arthur | Porter,
Fairlop Station - Lance Corporal 19560, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 12 October 1916. Aged 22. Born Greenstead, Essex.
Son of C. J. and Elizabeth Sargent, of Park Farm, Greenstead, Colchester.
Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1914. Enlisted June 1915 in Ilford,
Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. |
SARLIUS | Solomon | Labourer,
Stratford - Rifleman 571065, 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar
and Stepney Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 1 October
1916. Joined Great Eastern Railway August 1914. Enlisted September
1914 in Bow. Buried in WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot VIII. Row J. Grave 4. |
SAUNDERS | Arthur | [Recorded
as SANDERS on SDGW and CWGC] Labourer, Way and Works Department
- Private 7319, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds 19
September 1914. Born Leyton, Essex. Resident Stratford, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway February 1911. Served in the South African
(Boer) War. Enlisted in Stratford, Essex. Buried in TERLINCTHUN
BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XVI. Row
AA. Grave 13. |
SAUNDERS, MM | Henry [Sabin] aka Harry | Under
Shunter, Cambridge - Sergeant 325071, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire
Regiment. Killed in action 26 September 1917. Aged 25. Resident
Mildenhall, Suffolk. Son of Mrs. A. Wilson, of 127, Thoday St.,
Mill Rd., Cambridge; husband of Alice Rose Biggs (nee Caldecoat)(formerly
Saunders), of 43, Baker St., London Rd., Brighton, married 14 June
1917 at Cambridge, St. Barnabas, aged 27, resident of 39 Mawson
Road, Cambridge. Member of the Cambridge Branch of the National
Union of Railwaymen, admitted 1913. Joined Great Eastern Railway
June 1906. Territorial. Enlisted 1914 in Cambridge. Formerly 1028,
Cambridgeshire regiment. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). In the
1911 census he was aged 19, born Mildenhall, Suffolk, a Number Taker
G.E.R., stepson, resident with his parents, William and Anne Wilson,
at 127, Thoday Street, Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. See also
Cambridge
Guildhall, Cambridge
St Barnabas and Cambridge
St Philips. |
SAUNDERS | Herbert Alfred | Cellarman,
Abercorn Rooms, Liverpool Street, Great Eastern Hotel - Rifleman
2391, 7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in
action 10 July 1916. Resident Romford. Joined Great Eastern Railway
26 January 1914. Enlisted 5 September 1914 in Sun Street, London.
Buried in TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE, Pas de Calais,
France. Row G. Grave 1. |
SAVILL | George Edward | Porter,
Shenfield - Private 2191, "C" Company, 4th Battalion,
Essex Regiment. Killed in action at Gallipoli 16 August 1915. Aged
24. Resident Brentwood, Essex.Son of George Edward and Mary Ann
Savill, of 17, Sussex Rd., Brentwood, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 1907. Enlisted September 1914 in Brentwood, Essex. No known
grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli).
Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233. |
SAVILLE | John [Thomas] | [Spelt
SAVILL on memorial and in service records, John Thomas in 1911 census
and marriage record] Permanent Way Labourer - Trooper 6073 [CWGC]
or 6075 [SDGW], 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own). Killed in
action 27 October 1914. Aged 34. Born Stratford, Essex. Resident
Chingford, Essex. Husband of Selina Saville (nee Punt), of 107A,
Albert Rd., Leyton, London, married 1906 in the West Ham Registraton
District, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1909. Admmited to
the Leyton Essex Ralway Workers Branch of the Amalgamated Society
of Railway Servants in 1909, aged 29. Served in the South African
Campaign. Enlisted in Woolwich. Originally attested 21 January 1896
at Waltham Abbey, aged 17 years 11 months, as Private 5075, 3rd
Battalion, Essex Regiment, born 1879 in Buckhurst Hill, Woodford,
Essex, occupation Golf Caddy, unmarried, resident High Beech, Loughton,
Essex, height 5 feet 3½ inches, chest 33½ inches,
fresh complexion, hazel eyes, black hair, religious denomination
Church of England, attested Royal Navy 14 September 1896. In the
1911 census he was aged 31, born Buckhurst Hill, a Platelayer, married
to Selina with two daughters, resident 49, Claude Road, Francis
Road, Leyton, Low Leyton, London & Essex. No known grave Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
5. |
SAVORY | Albert | Bricklayer's
Labourer, March, Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Corporal 325091,
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 6 September
1917. Born March, Cambridgeshire. Joined Great Eastern Railway 22
May 1914. Enlisted 5 August 1914 in March, Cambridgeshire. Formerly
1169, Cambridgeshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE
COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 148. See also March,
Cambridgeshire |
SAVORY | James Henry | Porter,
Lowestoft (Central) - Private 35241, 5th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess
of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 27 May 1918.
Aged 19. Born and resident Flordon, Norfolk. Son of William James
and Agnes Emma Savory, of 75, Broadwater, Flordon, Norwich. Joined
Great Eastern Railway May 1915. Enlisted June 1917 in Attleborough.
Formerly 34794, 9th Training Reserve Battalion. No known grave.
Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL, Aisne, France. |
SAWYER | William Norman | Clerk,
Thorpe-le-Soken - Private 19379, 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action 2 December 1917. Aged 21. Born Little Glenham,
Suffolk. Resident Campsea Ash, Suffolk. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Sawyer,
of 239, Home Cottage, Campsea Ashe, Wickham Market, Suffolk. Joined
Great Eastern Railway November 1911. Enlisted May 1915 in Colchester.
No known grave. Commemorated on CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord,
France. Panel 7 and 8. See also Campsey
Ash, Suffolk |
SAYER | Albert Edward | Porter,
Hunstanton - Corporal 23332, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Died
of wounds 2 September 1918. Aged 23. Born Horstead, Suffolk. Native
of Barnham, Suffolk. Son of Nathan and Priscilla Sayer, of Railway
Cottages, Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway
June 1912. Enlisted 1915 in Piccadilly, London, Middlesex. Buried
in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France.
Plot IV. Row E. Grave 2. |
SAYER | Victor Harvey Craske | Engine
Cleaner, Whittlesford - Private 13767, "A" Company, 11th
Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed in action by shellfire 2 August
1916. Aged 21. Born Gt. Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire. Son of William
and Ellen Sayer, of Station Rd., Duxford, Cambs. Joined Great Eastern
Railway October 1912. Enlisted in Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
See also Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
SAYWOOD | John Edward | Head
Dispatch Lad, Liverpool Street, Platform Dispatch Office - Private
41602, 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Died in a German
Hospital at Liege, Belgium, 5 November 1918. Aged 19. Born Brentwood,
Essex. Resident London. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1913.
Enlisted May 1917 in East Ham, Essex. Formerly 50032, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Buried in LIEGE (ROBERMONT) CEMETERY, Liege, Belgium.
Grave 33. |
SCARFF | Thomas | Labourer,
Way and Works Department - Lance Corporal L/7286, 1st Battalion,
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 17 September
1914. Born Stratford, Essex. Resident Leyton, Essex. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 7 January 1911. Enlisted in Stratford, Essex. No
known grave. Commemorated on LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, Seine-et-Marne,
France. |
SCOFFIELD | Frederick Henry | Checker,
Ipswich - Rifleman C/1315, 17th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Killed in action 25 December 1916. Aged 24. Born Ipswich, Suffolk.
Son of Henry T. G. and Rebecca Scoffield, of 6, Bulwer Rd., Ipswich.
Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1908. Enlisted July 1915 in Ipswich,
Suffolk. Buried in ESSEX FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot II. Row W. Grave 5. |
SCOTT | A P D | Clerk
- Private - No further information currently available |
SCRIVENER | Walter | Platelayer,
Althorne, Engineer's Department - Private 8229, 2nd Battalion, Essex
Regiment. Killed in action 23 October 1914. Aged 29. Born Billericay,
Essex. Resident Maldon, Essex. Husband of Christinia Scrivener,
of 29, Church St., Maldon, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway April
1913. Reservist. Enlisted 5 August 1914 in Maldon, Essex. No known
grave. Commemorated on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
7. See also Althorne, Essex
and Maldon, Essex |
SEABROOK | William John | Wagon
Builder, Temple Mills - Private 01735, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
(Aldershot). Died of a fever at Aldershot, United Kingdom, 31 May
1915. Aged 23. Born 8 May 1892 in Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 1906/1907. He was admitted to the Leyton (2) Railway Workers
Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen in 1913, aged 21. Enlisted
in London. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Cambridge, a
Railway Wagon Builder, resident with his parents, Stanley John and
Julia Seabrook, at 107, Dunedin Road, Leyton, Low Leyton, London
& Essex. Buried in WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY, EAST HAM, Essex.
Grave reference 23. 6551. |
SEAMAN | H | Police
Constable - Private - Several possibilities but no definite matches
- No further information currently available |
SEARLE, MM | John Thomas | Engine
Cleaner, Cambridge - Lance Corporal 325712, "A" Company,
1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 31 July
1917. Born Kentish Town, Middlesex. Son of Ellen Searle, of 91,
East Rd., Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1914. Enlisted
September 1914 in Cambridge. Formerly 2414, Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in LA BRIQUE MILITARY
CEMETERY NO. 2, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row B. Grave 19. |
SEAWARD | Frank Arthur | Porter,
Bishopsgate Goods - Corproal 7765, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Killed in action 20 April 1915. Aged 31. Born St. Luke's, Middlesex.
Husband of Amy Lillian Seaward, of 24, Coopersale Rd., Homerton,
London. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1912. Enlisted in London.
Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 34. |
SECKER | George Spencer | Fireman, Peterborough - Gunner 4679, 24th East Anglian Brigade (Territorial Force), Royal Field Artillery. Died in hospital at Thetford, United Kingdom, of pneumonia 20 April 1916. Aged 24. Resident Peterborough. Son of George and Sophia Secker, of 55, Orchard St., Peterborough. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1908. Enlisted May 1915 in Peterborough. Buried in PETERBOROUGH OLD (BROADWAY) CEMETERY, Northamptonshire. Grave reference 8. 3. 3674. |
SERGEANT | Samuel [Robert] | Labourer,
Parkeston Quay - Private 7713, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action 13 June 1915. Born and resident Dovercourt, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 4 September 1911. Enlisted in Warley, Essex.
No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 39. See also Dovercourt,
Upper |
SEXTON | George | Fireman,
Stratford- Lance Corporal 10664, 10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire
Regiment. Killed in action 19 December 1916. Aged 26. Born Norwood,
Surrey. Son of John and Clara Sexton, of Goff's Oak, Cheshunt, Herts;
husband of Mabel A. Sexton, of 125, Chobham Rd., Stratford, London.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 1906. Enlisted August 1914 in Stratford,
Essex. No known grave. Commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. |
SEXTON | John William | Porter,
Stratford - Private 27729, 7th Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light
Infantry). Killed in action 27 September 1918. Aged 30. Born Brighton.
Son of John William and Charlotte Sexton, of 2, Fourth Avenue, Manor
Park, Essex. CWGC states born at Hove, Sussex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway circa 1912. Enlisted March 1917 in London. Formerly 3016,
2nd/3rd Battalion, County of London Yeomanry. Buried in HERMIES
HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France . Plot II. Row F. Grave
7. |
SHARMAN | William [Thomas] | Labourer,
Norton Folegate, Electrical Engineering Department - Private 32184,
18th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 15 April
1917. Aged 25. Enlisted in London. Formerly 2596, Royal Engineers.
No known grave. Commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D. |
SHAW | J | Platelayer
- Private, Norfolk Regiment. - No further information currently
available |
SHELDRAKE | John William | [Listed
as W J SHELDRAKE on memorial] Permanent Way Labourer, Civil Engineering
Department - Private 14849, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Killed
in action 2 October 1917. Aged 29. Born Hapton, Norfolk. Son of
Mr. T. Sheldrake, of Hapton, Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway
3 June 1913. Enlisted 1914 in Norwich, Norfolk. Admitted to Gissing
School, Gissing, Norfolk 1898, born 12 March 1888. Railway Labourer
prior to enlistment. Attested and passed fit 7 September 1914 in
Norwich. In the 1891 census he was aged 3, son of Thomas and Sarah
Sheldrake, born Hapton, Norfolk, resident Hapton Street, Hapton,
Depwade, Norfolk. In the 1901 census he is the son of Thomas and
Esther (2nd wife) Sheldrake, aged 13, an errand boy, born Hapton,
Norfolk, resident Tharston Street, Tharston, Depwade, Norfolk; his
brother George is listed above. In the 1911 census he is aged 22,
lodging with James Long, in Forncett St Mary, Long Stratton, Norfolk.
Previously Sapper 152898, 120th Railway Company, Royal Enigneers
- platelayer proficient, transferred to 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment,
7 September 1916. Entitled to British War and Victory Medals. Embarked
in France 30 August 1915. Height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 118lbs,
chest 34 inches, fresh complexion, briown eyes, brown hair, religious
denomination Church of England. Buried in MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY,
GRENAY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row M. Grave 14. See also
Tharston, Norfolk, and Forncett
St. Mary, Norfolk |
SHERIDAN | Francis William | Acting
Fireman, Stratford - Private 14356, 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
Killed in action 8 July 1916. Born Stratford, Essex. Joined Great
Eastern Railway July 1911. Joined the Bow (1) Railworkers Branch
of the National Union Of Railwaymen 1915, aged 23. Enlisted April
1915 in Stratford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated at THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 B. |
SHILLING | Richard [Harry] | Cellarman,
Harwich - Private 16537, 1st/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed
in action in Palestine 3 November 1917. Aged 41. Born Harwich. Resident
Dovercourt, Essex. Son of Edward and Emma Shilling; husband of Ellen
Shilling, of 32, Lee Rd., Dovercourt, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 1 August 1892. Enlisted January 1915 in Colchester. In the
1881 census he was aged 3, a scholar, born Harwich, Essex, resident
with his parents, Edward J and Emma B Shilling, at 20, Kings Quay
Street, Harwich St Nicholas, Tendring, Essex. In the 1911 census
he was aged 35, married, born Harwich, Essex, a Cellarman, resident
48, Lee Road Dovercourt, Essex. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel
and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot XXIX. Row C. Grave 8. See also
Dovercourt, Upper |
SHIPLEE | Alfred | Ticket
Collector, Maryland Point - Rifleman C/7102, 10th Battalion, King's
Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 7 June 1917. Aged 27. Born Beccles,
Suffolk. Husband of Amelia Blanche Shiplee, of High St., Wangford,
Lowestoft. Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1910. Enlisted
September 1915 in Stratford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated
on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7. |
SHIPMAN | William Ernest | Private
M2/100400, Royal Army Service Corps. Died of General Paralysis,
as an after effect of the war, at Brentford Mental Hospital 2 June
1919. Aged 34. Husband of Esther Emily Shipman, of 92, Leytonstone
Rd., Stratford. Attested 29 May 1915 at Grove Park, aged 30, a Motor
Body Builder, resident 64 Millers Road, Leyton, London N.E., married
Esther Emily King in Harrow Green Parish Church 25 December 1906,
discharged as no longer physically fit 21 March 1919, served in
France from 7 August 1916 to 30 November 1918. In the 1911 census
he was aged 26, a Coach Builder, born Brentwood, Essex, married
to Esther with one daughter, resident 73, Granleigh Road, Leytonstone,
Low Leyton, London & Essex. Buried in WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY,
EAST HAM, Essex. Grave reference 39. 7493. |
SHIPP | Albert | Labourer,
Ponder's End Creosoting Works - Guardsman 14345, 1st Battalion,
Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 29 October 1914. Aged 22. Born
22 January 1891 in Haverhill, Suffolk. Son of George Shipp, of 22,
Brettenham Rd., Edmonton, London; husband of Louisa Sophia Shipp,
of 5, Froude St., Silverthorne Rd., Battersea, London. Joined Great
Eastern Railway April 1912. Reservist. Enlisted in Stratford, Essex.
No known grave. Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 9 and 11. See also Haverhill,
Suffolk |
SHIPP | William | Labourer,
Ponders End Creosoting Works - Private 10950, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier
Guards. Killed in action 11 October 1915. Born Haverhill, Suffolk.
Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1911. Reservist. Enlisted 1914
in Bury St. Edmunds. Buried at ST. MARY'S A.D.S. CEMETERY, HAISNES,
Pas de Calais, France. plot IX. Row D. Grave 10. See also Haverhill,
Suffolk |
SHORT | Lionel George | Parcels
Porter, Liverpool Street - Private 44360, 15th Battalion, Royal
Irish Rifles. Killed in action 31 May 1918. Aged 29. Born London.
Resident Stratford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1901.
Admitted to Bethnal Green Railway Workers Branch of National Union
of Railwaymen in 1913, aged 26. Enlisted September 1916 in Shoreditch,
Middlesex. Formerly 8015, Lonon Regiment. IN the 1901 census he
was aged 14, born Forest Gate, Essex, a Messenger (Railway), resident
with his parents. William and Elizabeth Short, at 12, Mark Street,
West Ham, London & Essex. Buried in AVESNES-SUR-HELPE COMMUNAL
CEMETERY, Nord, France. Row B. Grave 17. |
SIBBORN | Louis William | [Listed
as SIBBON on memorial] Labourer, Parkeston Quay, Electrical Engineer's
Department - Gunner 340125, 166th Siege Battery, Essex and Suffolk
[RGA - (TF)], Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 24 June 1917.
Aged 22. Born Upper Dovercourt, Essex. Son of George Sibborn, of
2, Fair View Cottages, Manor Lane. Upper Dovercourt, Harwich. Joined
Great Eastern Railway February 1915. Enlisted 30 October 1915 in
Harwich. Buried in VILLERS STATION CEMETERY, VILLERS-AU-BOIS, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 18. See also Dovercourt,
Upper |
SIBLEY | James [Samuel] | Labourer,
Civil Engineering Department - Private G/34174, 21st Battalion,
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds 19
January 1918. Aged 26. Resident Leytonstone, Essex. Son of James
and E. Sibley, of 11, Norman Rd., Leytonstone, London. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 1910. Enlisted 4 January 1915 in West Ham, Essex.
Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 4. |
SIBTHORPE | Joseph William | Cleaner,
Hertford - Corporal 14862, "B" Company, 7th Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action during the attack on Pommiers
Redoubt, 1 July 1916. Aged 22. Born and resident Ware, Hertfordshire.
Son of Mr. W. J. and Mrs. E. A. Sibthorpe, of 36, High Oak Rd.,
Ware, Herts. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1914. Enlisted August/September
1914 in Hertford. Buried in DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ,
Somme, France. Plot VI. Row V. Grave 8. |
SIMMONS, MM | Arthur George | Labourer,
Temple Mills, Wagon Department - Acting Corporal 9803, 1st Battalion,
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Killed in action 7 June
1917. Aged 31. Born Stratford. Resident West Ham. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jeremiah Simmons, of 63, Meath Rd., West Ham, London. Reservist.
Enlisted in Stratford. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 6 and 8. |
SIMMONS | Charles Wesley | Booking
Clerk, Tidal Basin - Private 7184, "D" Company, 14th (County
of London) Battalion (London Scottish , London Regiment. Died of
wounds 23 July 1916. Aged 23. Resident Romford. Son of Herbert and
Ruth Simmons, of Ipswich. Joined Great Eastern Railway July 1907.
Enlisted in Romford. Buried in MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot III. Row B. Grave 8. |
SIMPSON | Herbert | Acting
Fireman, Peterborough - Private 14582, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire
Regiment. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Aged 25. Born Woodston,
Hunts. Son of George and Sarah Simpson, of 2, New Rd., Woodstone,
Peterborough. Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1911. Enlisted 1914
in Peterborough, Northants. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES
(MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 43 and 45. |
SIMPSON | James | Porter,
Wells - Private. Killed in action 1917. Born April 1893. Joined
Great Eastern Railway July 1912. Enlisted January 1916. - *** Too
many possibilities, no further information currently available *** |
SIREY | Horace Edgar | Fireman,
Stratford - Private G/2859, 8th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West
Kent Regiment). Killed in action 26 September 1915. Aged 22. Born
Southsea, Hampshire. Son of Mrs.C. Sirey, of The Old Guinea, Ridge
Barnet, Herts.; husband of Mrs. J. E. Sirey, of 9 Roberts Road,
Abbey Lane, Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway February
1911. Enlisted September 1914 in Stratford. No known grave. Commemorated
onLOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 95 to 97. |
SISSEN | George Stanley | Acting
Fireman, Norwich (Thorpe) - Lance Corporal 57519, "A"
Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Killed in action 4 November 1918. Aged 21. Born, 13 October 1897,
and resident Norwich. Son of Frederic Arnold Sissen and Emma Rebecca
Sissen, of 40, Edinburgh Rd., Norwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway
April 1915. Enlisted March 1917 in Norwich. Formerly 21281, 3rd
Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). No known grave. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3. |
SISSEN | Julien Frederick | Cellarrnan,
Hotel Department - Lance Corporal 50736, 9th Squadron, Machine Gun
Corps (Cavalry). Killed in action 22 March 1918. Aged 23. Born and
resident Manningtree, Essex. Son of Mrs. Eliza Sissen, of 3, York
St., Manningtree, Essex. His brother William Walter Sissen also
fell (see below). Joined Great Eastern Railway September 1911. Enlisted
September 1914 in London. Formerly 18611, 19th Hussars. In the 19o1
census he was aged 6, born Leatherhead, Surrey, resident with his
parents and brother William, in Oxford Road, Mistley, Tendring,
Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 93 and 94. |
SISSEN | William [Walter] | Fireman,
Continental Steamers - Stoker 1st Class SS/108615, H.M. "P.31",
Royal Navy. Died from disease 8 November 1918. Aged 28. Born 7 February
1896 in Leatherhead, Surrey. Son of Mrs. Eliza Sissen, of 3, York
St., Manningtree, Essex. His brother Julian Frederick Sissen also
fell (see above). Joined Great Eastern Railway 3 June 1914. Reservist.
Recalled 3 August 1914. In the 1901 census he was aged 11, born
Leatherhead, Surrey, resident with his parents and brother Julien,
in Oxford Road, Mistley, Tendring, Essex. Buried in HASLAR ROYAL
NAVAL CEMETERY, Hampshire. Plot E. Row 36. Grave 26. |
SKELDING | John | Labourer,
Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department - Private 3/6731, 1st Battalion,
Dorsetshire Regiment. Died of wounds 12 July 1915. Aged 20. Born
Stratford, Essex. Resident Leyton, Essex. Son of John and Alice
Skelding, of 87, Leslie Rd., Leyton, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway 22 June 1914. Enlisted in Stratford, Essex. Buried in BOULOGNE
EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row B. Grave
60. |
SKINNER | William | Labourer,
Stratford Works - Private 18916, 8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 25 September 1916. Aged 38. Born Marylebone, Middlesex.
Resident Forest Gate, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1910.
Enlisted January 1915 in Stratford, Essex. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY,
LESBOEUFS, Somme, France. Plot X. Row L. Grave 9. |
SLOCOMBE | Alan | Clerk,
Goods Department, Bishopsgate - Private 11701, "C" Company,
5th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Died of
wounds received at Gallipoli 19 August 1915. Aged 20. Born Chadwell
Heath, Essex. Son of Walter and Harriett Sarah Slocombe, of 13,
Wenham Drive, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
circa 1908. Enlisted September 1914 in St. Paul's Churchyard, London.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Chadwell Heath, Essex, a
Clerk, resident with his parents at 138, Henley Road, Ilford, Essex.
Buried at ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY,
Egypt. Section E. Grave 129. |
SMITH | Alfred [Ernest] | Labourer,
Parkeston Quay - Private 8174, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
Died at sea when the hospital ship 'Royal Edward' was sunk 13 August
1915. Aged 31. Born Stoke, Guildford, Surrey. Husband of Mary A.
Smith, of Upper Dovercourt, Harwich. Joined Great Eastern Railway
30 September 1911. Enlisted in Hereford. Also served in Belgium,
wounded, 1914. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 80 to 84 or 219 and 220. |
SMITH | Arthur | Goods
Porter, Bishopsgate Station - Private 13529, 1st Battalion, Princess
Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action
27 July 1916. Born and resident Woodford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern
Railway March 1908. Enlisted September 1914 in Shoreditch, Middlesex.
Buried in DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot
IX. Row E. Grave 7. |
SMITH | Alfred Henry | Clerk,
Temple Mills - Private 43146, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Killed in action 9 April 1917. Aged 28. Resident Leyton, Essex.
Son of George and Harriet Smith; husband of Mary Smith, of 83, Stanley
Rd., Ilford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1905. Enlisted
August 1915 in Stratford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated at
ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 5. |
SMITH | Arthur William | Garage
Lad, Loddon - Lance Corporal 84931, 209th Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Killed in action 4 October 1916. Aged 19. Resident Loddon, Norfolk.
Son of Mrs. Alice Rowlings of South End Farm, Loddon, Norfolk. Joined
Great Eastern Railway July 1913. Enlisted April 1916 in Norwich.
Buried in CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES, Nord, France.
Plot III. Row A. Grave 17. See also Loddon,
Norfolk and 34th
Norfolk Division, Royal Engineers, Norwich |
SMITH | Charles | Iron
Moulder, Stratford Works - Rifleman S/15273, 3rd Battalion, Rifle
Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 1 September
1916. Aged 20. Born, 1 January 1895, and resident Stratford, Essex.
Joined Great Eastern Railway April 1909. Son of Horace and Ellen
A. G. Smith, of 261, Norwich Rd., Ipswich. Enlisted February 1916
in London. No known grave. Commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C. |
SMITH | Edward Charles | Clerk,
Ipswich Locomotive Department - Private 43662, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk
Regiment. Died of wounds 22 February 1917. Born Ipswich. Joined
Great Eastern Railway April 1911. Enlisted January 1916 in Ipswich.
Formerly 2511, Suffolk Cyclist Battalion. Buried at PORTE-DE-PARIS
CEMETERY, CAMBRAI, Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 14. |
SMITH | Frank Henry | Signalman,
Beccles - Private 2399, 1st/5th Battalion (T.F.), Norfolk Regiment.
Died at Gallipoli 12 August 1915. Aged 22. Son of Walter George
and Elizabeth Smith, of Riverside Cottage, Flordon, Norwich. Joined
Great Eastern Railway June 1910. A Signalman of the G.E.R. Enlisted
August 1914 in East Dereham, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
at HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 43 to 45. |
SMITH | Frank Whaley | Clerk,
March, Locomotive Department - Private 29376 [CWGC] or 20376 [SDGW],
1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 30
August 1918. Aged 22. Born March, Cambs. Son of Amy Smith, of 12,
Mill View, March, Cambs, and the late James Smith. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 23 November 1912. Enlisted March 1917 in March,
Cambs. Formerly 36393, Suffolk Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
at VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 3. See also
March, Cambridgeshire |
SMITH | George Thomas | Clerk,
King's Lynn - Sergeant 2459, 1st/5th Battalion (T.F.), Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action at Gallipoli 28 August 1915. Aged 25. Husband of
Cathrine Emily Smith, of 5, Windsor Rd., King's Lynn. Joined Great
Eastern Railway April 1900. Enlisted 1914 in East Dereham, Norfolk.
No known grave. Commemorated at HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including
Gallipoli). Panel 43 to 45. See also
South Lynn, All Saints, Norfolk and King's
Lynn, Norfolk |
SMITH | Henry John | Acting
Fireman, Stratford - Bombardier. Died of pneumonia 1 January 1918.
Born 30 May 1894. Joined Great Eastern Railway March 1913. Enlisted
April 1915. *** Can find no Union information for him nor distiguish
from CWGC and SDGW which man he is. Can find no SMITH who died 1
January 1918. No further information currently available *** |
SMITH | Harry Victor | Porter,
St James Street - Gunner 147692, 3rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Died of wounds in United Kingdom 29 October 1918. Born
and resident Walthamstow, Essex. Son of Mrs. Eliza Jane Higgins,
of 42, Grange Rd., St. James St., Walthamstow. Joined Great Eastern
Railway circa 1914/1915. Enlisted March 1917. in Shoreditch, Middlesex.
Buried in WALTHAMSTOW (QUEEN'S ROAD) CEMETERY, Essex. Plot/Row/SectionA/Area
D. Grave 103. |
SMITH | Henry William | Parcels
Van Lad, Liverpool Street - Rifleman 1685, 1st/ 17th (County of
London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), London Regiment.
Killed in action 30 September 1916. Aged 20. Born Stepney. Son of
Henry and Mary Ann Smith, of 3, Assembly Passage, Mile End Rd.,
London. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1911. Admitted to Smithfield
Railway Workers Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen in 1916,
aged 19. Enlisted 1914 in Bow. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C. |
SMITH | John | Carriage
Cleaner, Liverpool Street - Private 6695, 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince
Of Wales' Own). Killed in action 1917. Aged 25. Born East Ham, Essex.
Resident Upton Park, London E. Son of Robert and Louisa Smith, of
25, Park Rd., Upton Park, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway June
1914. Enlisted 1914 in London. No known grave. Commemorated at ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1. |
SMITH | James Alan | Parcels
Van Lad, Norwich - Private 1951, 2nd/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Norfolk
Regiment. Killed accidentally at Bridlington, United Kingdom, 4
January 1916. Aged 18. Born Norwich, Norfolk. Son of Alfred John
Smith, of 21, Cavalry St., St. James, Norwich. Joined Great Eastern
Railway February 1912. Enlisted March 1915 in Norwich, Norfolk.
Buried at NORWICH CEMETERY, Norfolk. Plot/Row/SectionA/Area 48.
Grave 193. |
SMITH | John F | Steward,
Continental Steamers - Private 16343, 6th Battalion, East Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed in action 6 June 1917. Born Harwich, Essex. Resident
Parkeston. Joined Great Eastern Railway April 1907. Enlisted September
1914 in Harwich, Essex. Formerly 14768, Essex Regiment. Buried in
LOCRE HOSPICE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row A.
Grave 1. |
SMITH | Leslie John Cecil | Greaser,
Peterborough - Private 5754, "D" Company, 2nd/22nd (County
of London) Battalion (The Queen's), London Regiment. Killed in action
4 August 1916. Aged 20. Born and resident Fletton. Son of Annie
Alice Broughton (formerly Smith), of 26, St. Margaret's Rd., Old
Fletton, Peterborough, and the late John Thomas Smith. Joined Great
Eastern Railway circa 1911. Enlisted 1914 in Fletton. Formerly 247,
Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion. Buried in LOUEZ MILITARY CEMETERY,
DUISANS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row F. Grave 3. See also
Old Fletton, Huntingdonshire |
SMITH | Percival Charles | Clerk,
Audit Department - Private 245341, Queen's Own West Kent Hussars
[Medal card and SDGW disagree with CWGC which states 13th Battalion,
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)]. Killed in action
31 August 1916. Aged 22. Resident London. Son of Charles and Alice
Smith, of 5, Brewer St., Buckingham Palace Rd., London. Joined Great
Eastern Railway October 1908. Enlisted November 1915 in London.
Formerly 2191, West Kent Yeomanry. Buried in DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY,
LONGUEVAL, Somme, France. Plot XXIX. Row C. Grave 3. |
SMITH | Richard John | Acting
Fireman, Stratford - Private 300890, 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Killed in action in Palestine 27 March 1917. Aged 21. Resident Stratford,
Essex. Son of Walter W. and Alice Susan Smith, of 29, Barnby St.,
Stratford, London. His brother William Walter (see below), also
fell. Joined Great Eastern Railway December 1910. Enlisted June
1915 in Walthamstow, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on JERUSALEM
MEMORIAL, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Panels 32 to 38. |
SMITH | Sidney Octavius | Acting
Fireman, King's Lynn - Private 240483, 1st/5th Battalion (T.F.),
Norfolk Regiment. Died at Gallipoli 13 August 1915. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 16 December 1911. Enlisted September 1914 in East
Dereham, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL,
Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 43 to 45. See also King's
Lynn and All Saints
Church, South Lynn, Memorial Window. |
SMITH | V | Feeder,
London Cartage Committee - Private, , Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment). Killed in action. Aged 38. Joined Great Eastern Railway
November 1899. Enlisted September 1914. *** No further information
currently available *** |
SMITH | William Albert | Casual
Labourer, Chief Mechanical Engineer's Department - Private 252499,
3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment.
Killed in action 15 May 1917. Aged 22. Born Plumstead. Resident
Stratford. Son of John Thomas and Emily Jane Smith, of 29, Chandos
Rd., Stratford, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway February 1915.
Enlisted 1916 in Stratford. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS
MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 9. |
SMITH | William Walter | Fireman
- Sergeant 300889, 1st/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in
action in Palestine 2 November 1917. Aged 24. Resident Stratford,
Essex. Husband of Ethel Finley (formerly Smith), of 131, Ulster
St., Toronto, Canada; his brother Richard John Smith (see above)
also fell. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1910. Territorial. Enlisted
in Walthamstow, Essex. Buried in GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine
(including Gaza). Plot XXIX. Row D. Grave 9. |
SMY | Alfred John | Assistant
Cook,SS Dresden - Chief Cook 912162, H.M.S. "Louvain"
(Armed Boarding Steamer), Mercantile Marine Reserve. Drowned when
his ship was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean 20 January
1918. Aged 30. Son of John and Harriet Smy, of Dovercourt, Harwich;
husband of Kate L. Smy, of 1, Stour Villas, Wrabness, Manningtree,
Essex, married 1910. Joined Great Eastern Railway 6 June 1904. No
known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel
31. See also Dovercourt,
Upper |
SNELLING | John | Carpenter,
Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Lance Corporal 150842, 268th
Railway Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 23 July 1917.
Aged 35. Born March, Cambridgeshire. Son of Charles and Sarah Elizabeth
Snelling; husband of Florence Snelling, of High St., Doddington,
Cambs. Joined Great Eastern Railway November 1903. Admitted to the
March Railway Workers Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen
in 1913, aged 31. Enlisted in March, Cambridgeshire. In the 1911
census he was aged 29, unmarried, born March, Cambridgeshire, a
Carpenter, resident with his parents, Charles and Sarah Elizabeth
Snelling, in West End, March, Cambridgeshire. Buried in WESTHOF
FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 12.
See also March, Cambridgeshire
|
SOLMAN | Horace Vickery | Clerk,
Solicitor's Office - Rifleman 320785, 6th (City of London) Battalion
(Rifles) [SDGW and medal card CWGC states 5th Battalion], London
Regiment. Killed in action 9 August 1918. Aged 24. Resident Fulham.
Son of Mr. A. and Mrs. M. A. Solman, of "Lawn Vista,"
Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1908. Enlisted
September 1914 in London. Formerly 2599, London Regiment. Buried
in HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row F.
Grave 2. |
SOUTHGATE | George Henry | Porter,
Aldeburgh - Private 3577, 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Killed
in action 18 August 1916. Aged 22. Son of Mrs. J. Southgate, of
10, Station Rd., Woodbridge, Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway
February 1912. Enlisted June 1915 in Ipswich. No known grave. Commemorated
at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
See also Woodbridge, Suffolk |
SOUTHWELL | Lewis | Clerk,
Peterborough Goods - Private G/31060, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own
(Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 18 September 1918.
Aged 20. Born Woodston, Hunts. Resident Peterborough, Northants.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 1912. Enlisted 27 November 1916 in
Peterborough, Northants. Buried in GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot V. Row D. Grave 6. See also Old
Fletton, Huntingdonshire. |
SPARLING | Bertie | Clerk,
Ipswich, District Superintendent's Office - Sapper 527968, 49th
Division Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 5 May 1918.
Aged 30. Born Brightlingsea, Essex. Son of Shadrach Baker Sparling
and Grace Sparling, of 48, Tower St., Brightlingsea, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway May 1903. Enlisted November 1915 in Ipswich,
Suffolk. Formerly Gunner 1633, Royal Field Artillery. Buried in
ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 25. |
SPEED | Charles | Porter,
Whittlesford - Lance Corporal 13781, 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Killed in action 1 July 1916. Aged 23. Born Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire.
Son of Thomas and Ellen Speed, of Whittlesford, Cambs. Joined Great
Eastern Railway May 1911. Enlisted 7 September 1914 in Cambridge.
No known grave. Commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A. See also Whittlesford,
Cambridgeshire |
SPELMAN | James Henry | Carriage
Washer, Stratford - Private 0974, Royal Army Service Corps. Invalided
out and sent to hospital in Manchester; discharged from service
14 September 1914 as not likely to become an efficient soldier.
Died of tubercular laryngitis at home in Stratford 17 April 1916.
Aged 32. Born Stratford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1 August
1908. In the 1911 census he was aged 28, born Stratford, Essex,
a Blacksmiths Striker, married to Florence with two daughters and
one son, resident 86 Bridge Road Stratford, West Ham, London &
Essex. He married Florence Sophia Emily Sander in 21 May 1904 in
West Ham, Essex. Attested 28 August 1914 in London, married with
four children, aged 30, height 5 feet 5 inches, chest 37 inches,
weight 130 lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, religious
denomination Church fo England, a Hammerman by trade. Probably buried
in West Ham Cemetery, Essex. |
SPENCER | Arthur | Porter,
Swaffham - Sapper 189241, Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers.
Killed in action 19 December 1916. Aged 34. Born and resident Swaffham,
Norfolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1904. Enlisted June
1916 in Norwich. Buried in BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT MILITARY CEMETERY,
Somme, France. Row E. Grave 21. See also Swaffham,
Norfolk |
SPENCER | George Edward | Clerk,
Stratford, Locomotive Accountant's Office - Lance Corporal 703591,
1st/23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment. Killed in
action 16 September 1916. Aged 21. Resident Leytonstone. Son of
Charles W. and Alice Spencer, of 8, Vicarage Rd., Leyton, London.
Joined Great Eastern Railway September 1908. Enlisted September
1914 in Edward St., London. Formerly 2311, 3rd Battalion, London
Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,Somme,
France. Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C. |
SPENCER | James Herbert | Carriage
Washer, Buckhurst Hill - Private 104332, 91st Company. Machine Gun
Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 26 October 1917. Aged 20. Born
and resident Woodford Green, Essex. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Spencer,
of Railway Cottage, Squirrells Lane, Woodford Green, Essex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway October 1913. Enlisted March 1917 in Epping.
No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. |
SPRIGGS | William Thomas | Clerk
- Sapper 270456 [CWGC] or 270455 [SDGW], 22nd Light Railway Train
Crew Company, Royal Engineers. Died 11 November 1917. Aged 32. Resident
Romford, Essex. Son of Thomas and Frances Spriggs, of 67, Junction
Rd., Romford, Essex. Enlisted Longmoor, Hants. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE
NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IX. Row B.
Grave 5. |
SPRINGETT | Richard Chambers | Clerk,
St Botolph's - Private S/11762, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The
Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 29 December 1915. Aged 21.
Born Sudbury, Suffolk. Resident Colchester. Son of Catherine Ellen
Springett, of 46, Harsnett Rd., Colchester, and the late Edward
George Springett. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1910. Enlisted August
1914 in Colchester. Formerly Trooper G/10769, 7th Reserve Cavalry,
Lancers. Buried in SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot IV. Row N. Grave 23. |
SPYVEE | Joseph | [Listed
as SPYREE on SDGW] Private 28350, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Killed in action 30 September 1916. Aged 34. Born Bow, Middlesex.
Son of the late William and Emily Spyvee. Enlisted in Stratford,
Essex. Formerly 4687, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment).
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,Somme, France.
Pier and Face 6 B and 6 C. |
STAGEMAN | Leonard | Engine
Cleaner, Norwich - Ordinary Seaman Bristol/Z/6247, S.S. "Borg",
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Drowned at sea when his ship was
torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-103 20 nautical miles
off the Cornish coast 10 June 1918. Aged 19. Born 1 May 1899 in
Gresham, Norfolk. Son of Simeon and Anne Stageman, of Gresham, Norwich.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 1916. In 1916 he was a Cleaner who
was admiited to the Norwich Railway Workers Branch of the National
Union of Railwaymen, aged 17. In the 1911 census he was aged 12,
born Gresham, Roughton, Norwich, resident with his parents, Simeon
and Anne Stageman, in Gresham, Norfolk. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 30. See also Gresham,
Norfolk |
STAINES | Alfred George | Clerk,
North Woolwich (Goods) - Lance Corporal 10190, 6th Battalion, Duke
of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment). Killed in action 21 September
1917. Aged 21. Born and resident Romford, Essex. Son of Ernest William
and Emily Staines, of 27, Richmond Rd., Romford. Joined Great Eastern
Railway April 1910. Enlisted September 1914 in St. Paul's Churchyard,
London. No known grave. Commemorated at TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 119 to 120. |
STALLEY | Charles Bertram | Clerk,
Chief Traffic Manager's Ledger Accounts Office - Rifleman 2812,
1st/15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales' Own Civil
Service Rifles), London Regiment. Killed in action 15 September
1916. Aged 32. Resident Romford. Son of Alfred and Sarah Stalley,
of 147, Victoria Rd., Romford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway
circa 1896. Enlisted September 1914 in Somerset House, London. In
the 1901 census he was aged 17, born Finchingfield, Essex, a Railway
Clerk, resident with his parents, Alfred and Sarah Stalley, in Victoria
Road, Romford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 13 C. |
STALLEY | Frank | Clerk,
Stratford, Stores Departmen - Acting Corporal 2522, 1st/3rd (City
of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment. Died of
wounds 11 September 1916. Aged 19. Resident Stratford. Son of Alfred
and Ruth Ann Stalley, of 2, Thornham Grove, Stratford, London. Joined
Great Eastern Railway September 1911. Enlisted 1914 in Edward Street,
London. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 9 D and 16 B. |
STANFORD | Walter Frederick | Acting
Fireman, Peterborough - Private 14805, "C" Company, 7th
Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 29 September
1915. Aged 25. Born St. John's, Peterborough. Son of Sarah Stanford,
of Rock Rd., New England, Peterborough, and the late William Stanford;
husband of Kate Rebecca Beeby (formerly Stanford), of 6, Council
Houses, South St., Stanground, Peterborough. Joined Great Eastern
Railway October 1910. Enlisted September 1914 in Peterborough, Northants.
No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
Panel 91 to 93. |
STARLING | Albert | Goods
Clerk, Lowestoft (Central) - Rifleman A/202863, 2nd Battalion, King's
Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 18 September 1918. Born St.
Ives, Hunts. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1904. Enlisted April 1915
in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Formerly S/2SR/06388, Royal Army Service
Corps. Buried in BERTHAUCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PONTRU, Aisne,
France. Row B. Grave 14. See also Lowestoft
and Lowestoft
St. Margaret's Church |
STARLING | Sydney Ewart | Clerk,
Chief Traffic Manager's Rates Office, Liverpool Street - Private
3698, 1st/14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish), London
Regiment. Died of wounds 21 September 1916. Aged 20. Resident Leytonstone.
Son of Robert John and Matilda Starling, of 49, Vernon Rd., Leytonstone,
London. Enlisted October 1914 in London. Buried in GROVE TOWN CEMETERY,
MEAULTE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row H. Grave 3. |
STAVRIDI | John | Clerk,
Chief Traffic Manager's Office - Sapper 284083, 98th Light Railway
Train Crew Company, Royal Engineers. Died at sea 31 December 1917.
Born Calcutta, India. Resident Kensington, Middlesex. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 1916. Enlisted 28 May 1917 in London. No known grave.
Commemorated on CHATBY MEMORIAL, Egypt. |
STEARN | Thomas Henry | Porter/Guard, Cambridge - Gunner 156666, 25th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds 31 May 1918. Aged 25. Born Warboys, Huntingdon. Son of George Thomas and Mary Ann Stearn, of 154, Mill Rd., Cambridge. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1908. In 1915 he was admitted as a Port Guard to the Cambridge Railway Workers Branch of the National Union of Railwaymen, aged 22. Enlisted April 1917 in Cambridge. In the 1911 census he aged 18, born Warboys, Huntungdosnhire, a Railway Porter, resident with his parents, George and Mary Ann Stearn, at 154 Mill Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Buried at CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME, Somme, France. Plot II. Row E. Grave 14. See also Cambridge Guildhall and Cambridge, St Philips |
STEBBINGS | Charles [William] | [Listed
as STEBBING on CWGC] Porter, Maryland Point - Driver T4/211968,
662nd Horse Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps. Died 30
October 1918. Aged 24. Born and resident Long Melford, Suffolk.
Son of George William and Rachel Stebbing, of Station Rd., Long
Melford, Suffolk. Joined Great Eastern Railway circa 1916/1917.
Territorial. Enlisted in Ballingdon, Sudbury, Suffolk. Buried in
TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
IX. Row A. Grave 4. See also Long
Melford, Suffolk. |
STEBBINGS | Samuel George | Clerk, Romford - Acting Bombardier 314, "C" Battery, 1st/2nd East Anglian, 271st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died from a Hepatic abcess and Peritonitis (Acute) in 26th Stationary Hospital, Ismalia, 15 October 1916. Aged 24. Born Romford, Essex. Resident Romford, Essex. Son of Mrs. Clara Stebbings, of 6, Clifton Road, Romford, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway February 1907. Attested 12 April 1912 in Romford, aged 20 years 4 months, a Clerk with G.E.R. at 6 Clifton Road, unmarried, height 5 feet 9 inches, chest 36½ inches, re-enlisted for short term 24 July 1915 in Glasgow, resident 6 Clifton Road, Romford, aged 23 years 8 months, a Clerk, unmarried, height 5 feet 8½ inches, chest 37½ inches, 146 lbs, dark hair, brown eyes, rather sallow complexion, enlistement deemed fraudulent 18 September 1915, served on his 1912 enlistment. Buried in SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot D. Grave 72.
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STEELE | John James | Attendant,
Restaurant Cars - Private 303466, 1st/5th (City of London) Battalion
(London Rifle Brigage), London Regiment. Killed in action 21 June
1917. Aged 27. Born Victoria Park. Son of John and Martha Steele,
of London; husband of Florence Steele, of 25, Newington Crescent,
Newington Butts, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway 23 October
1904. Enlisted 28 August 1916 in Stratford. Buried in GUEMAPPE BRITISH
CEMETERY, WANCOURT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave
3. |
STEVENSON | Thomas Edward | Clerk,
Peterborough, Locomotive,Carriage & Wagon Department - Private
30289, 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action,
shot by sniper, 26 October 1917. Aged 22. Born Fletton, Northants.
Resident Old Fletton. Joined Great Eastern Railway September 1912.
Enlisted June 1916 in Huntingdon. Formerly 1631, Huntingdonshire
Cyclist Battalion. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 23 to 28 and 163A. |
STOCKEN | George Francis | Porter,
St James' Street - Lance Corporal Z/382, 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
(The Prince Consort's Own). Killed in action 9 May 1915. Aged 21.
Born Finsbury, Middlesex. Resident Walthamstow, Essex. Son of Francis
Fitz-John Stocken and Charlotte Sarah Stocken, of 27, Evelyn Rd.,
Walthamstow, Essex. Joined Great Eastern Railway 1910. Enlisted
in Walthamstow, Essex. No known grave, Commemorated at PLOEGSTEERT
MEMORIAL, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel 10. |
STOKES | B | Constable
- Private - No further information currently available |
STOKES | Frederick James | Assistant
Examiner/Sheet Repairer, Squirrels Heath, Sack & Sheet Factory
- Private 14663, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Died of wounds
19 June 1918. Aged 24. Born Epping, Essex. Resident Noak Hill, Romford.
Son of George and Elizabeth Stokes, of Noak Hill, Romford, Essex.
Joined Great Eastern Railway May 1911. Enlisted September 1914 in
Warley, Essex. Buried in CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY, Somme,
France. Plot IX. Row A. Grave 1. |
STOKES | Frank Leslie O | Parcels
Porter, St Ives - Private, Manchester Regiment. Died of wounds in
Craighead Hospital, Bournemouth 1918. Aged 27. Joined Great Eastern
Railway October 1914. Enlisted April 1917. On the medal card index
he is listed as Frank O Stokes, 6293, Manchester Regiment, 426140
Labour Corps, 58692, King's Royal Rifle Corps. - No further information
currently available |
STOLLERY | James Robert | Clerk,
Silvertown - Lance Corporal 13649, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Killed in action 21 October 1916. Aged 30. Born West Ham, Essex.
Son of James Robert and Ida Stollery, of Stratford, London; husband
of Charlotte Stollery, of 13, Roding Rd., Clapton Park, London.
Joined Great Eastern Railway 19 June 1901. Enlsited 2 September
1914 in St. Paul's Churchyard, Middlesex. Buried in REGINA TRENCH
CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT, Somme, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 3. |
STORR | John |
Porter, Parkeston - Private 136217, 58th Battalion, Machine Gun
Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 8 August 1918. Resident Parkeston.
Joined Great Eastern Railway March 1915. Enlisted August 1917 in
Harwich. Buried in HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES, Somme, France.
Plot VIII. Row A. Grave 15. |
STRIBLING | James Henry | Parcels
Porter, Liverpool Street, Parcels Office - Private 40346, 4th Battalion,
Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 29 May 1917. Born and
resident Tottenham, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway April 1911.
Enlisted June 1916 in Shoreditch, London. Formerly 11300, The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment). No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL,
Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6. |
STROUD | Alfred Frederick | Goods
Porter, Bishopsgate - Private L/8376, 1st Battalion, The Queens
(Royal West Surrey Regiment). Killed in action 24 August 1916. Born
Bethnal Green, Middlesex. Resident Wood Green, Middlesex. Joined
Great Eastern Railway June 1914. Enlisted 3 August 1914 in Stratford,
Essex. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 5 D and 6 D. |
STUART | Arthur Frederick | [Listed
as STEWART on memorial] Goods Porter, Bishopsgate- Private 15431,
1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed in action
4 October 1917. Aged 28. Born Shoreditch, London. Resident Kingsland,
Dalston, London. Brother of Mrs. M. L. Turbutt, of 47, Lee St.,
Kingsland, London. Joined Great Eastern Railway 26 June 1914. Enlisted
5 September 1914 in Stratford, Essex. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 80 to 82 and
163A. |
STUBBINGS | Ernest John | Striker,
Cambridge, Chief Civil Engineer's Department - Private 26129, Machine
Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 21 April 1917. Resident Cherryhinton.
Husband of Sarah Ann Stubbings of Cherry Hinton, Cambridge. Joined
Great Eastern Railway 1900. Enlisted in Cambridge. Formerly 20198,
Suffolk Regiment. Buried in BEAURAINS ROAD CEMETERY, BEAURAINS,
Pas de Calais, France. Grave lost. Ronville Military Cemetery Memorial
1. See also Cherry
Hinton, Cambridgeshire. |
STUBBS | Robert Henry | Horseman,
Attleborough - Driver T4/092544, Royal Army Service Corps. Died
on service in Egypt 21 December 1917. Aged 34. Born Holme Hale,
Norfolk. Resident Attleborough. Son of Henry and Francis Stubbs,
of London Road, Attleborough; married Florence Mary Wake 2 June
1912 in Attleborough. Joined Great Eastern Railway October 1910.
Enlisted 4 April 1915 in Norwich. Buried in NICOSIA BRITISH CEMETERY,
Cyprus. Grave 2. See also Attleborough,
Norfolk |
STYLES | Frederick | Under
Shunter, Colchester - Sergeant 92704, 26th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery. Killed in action 9 July 1916. Aged 27. Born Ipswich.
Son of Mrs. Styles, of 16, Albert Rd., Colchester. Joined Great
Eastern Railway March 1904. Enlisted August 1914 in Colchester.
Buried in ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I.
Row B. Grave 8. |
SWAN | James Victor | Deck
Hand, Lowestoft Harbour - Private G/25850, 6th Battalion, Queen's
Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died of wounds 13 May 1918. Aged
19. Born Lowestoft, Suffolk. Son of William James and Alice Maud
Swan, of 3 R, Reeve St., Lowestoft, Suffolk. Enlisted February 1917
in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Formerly 48531, Suffolk Regiment. Buried
in DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO. 2, Somme, France. Plot
II. Row B. Grave 17. See also Lowestoft
and Lowestoft,
St Margaret's |
SWANN | William Alfred | Porter,
Roydon - Lance Corporal 13869, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed
in action 6 October 1917. Aged 22. Born Bartlow, Cambridge. Resident
Roydon, Essex. Son of Henry Charles and Sarah Dorothy Swann, of
Cold Harbour Farm, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, Herts. Joined Great
Eastern Railway 1915. Enlisted 1915 in Stratford, Essex. Buried
in CANADA FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row
A. Grave 27. |
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